04 March 2010
January home sales in the San Fernando Valley increased 12.8 percent from a year ago, but new and existing homes sales were down 34.3 percent from Dec. 2009, according to the latest statistics from the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center at CSUN. The month-to-month drop is largely attributable to January and February historically being [...]
Posted in Economy0 Comments
04 March 2010
The long-delayed Children’s Museum of Los Angeles has found a new life of sorts in Hollywood. Never completed because of funding problems the stylish building out at the Hansen Dam in the east San Fernando Valley is now owned by the city and made available as a location for television and feature film shoots. This [...]
Posted in Entertainment3 Comments
04 March 2010
THQ Inc. has chosen Southern Methodist University for the location of a video game lab to test how easy its games are to play. With gaming standards rising and evolving, Agoura Hills-based THQ looks to keep the basic needs of gamers at the fore-front with user-friendly titles, company executives said. “We are confident that our [...]
Posted in Entertainment1 Comment
04 March 2010
Technicolor has signed up the first movie theater chain to use its 3D on film process that will speed up the number of screens showing the format. Bow Tie Cinemas, with theaters on the East Coast and in Colorado, will use the proprietary Technicolor lens at 25 out of 150 screens. The first film to [...]
Posted in Entertainment11 Comments
04 March 2010
Urinalysis systems manufacturer IRIS International Inc., has signed with HealthTrust Purchasing Group LP to provide services and supplies to members of the group purchasing organization. Beginning March 1, Chatsworth-based Iris will supply HealthTrust with its full line of automated instrumentation, including urine microscopy analyzers and urinalysis workstations, as well and related products and services. “This [...]
Posted in Healthcare0 Comments
04 March 2010
CEO George Karonis of Valencia-based GPS manufacturer LiveViewGPS, said that in his 15 years as a law enforcement officer, he often saw elderly Alzheimer’s patients who had wandered away from home. LiveView is one of several manufacturers making portable GPS devices to meet the needs of the elderly Alzheimer’s patient, along with manufacturers ZTE, Sendum [...]
Posted in Healthcare15 Comments
02 March 2010
JAFRA Cosmetics International Inc. has opened a new $30 million manufacturing facility in Mexico to meet the demand for its skin care and personal care products. The plant will employ 800 workers and be the main supplier for Westlake Village-based JAFRA’s global sales and operations. Constructing the 254,000-square-foot facility in the master-planned industrial park in [...]
Posted in Manufacturing, Small Business6 Comments
02 March 2010
Radio Station KCSN-FM (88.5), based at Cal. State, Northridge, announced it will become the only non-commercial radio station in Los Angeles to broadcast an Adult Album Alternative format 24 hours a day beginning immediately. Located on the university’s campus in the San Fernando Valley, KCSN’s signal covers most of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita [...]
Posted in Technology0 Comments
02 March 2010
Hope you noticed our innovation package on the front page of this issue. It’s the debut of a feature we’ll run occasionally highlighting companies or businesspeople doing something cutting edge, exceptionally creative or are just thinking differently than most of us. The innovation stories this time include a tale about a Calabasas company that is [...]
Posted in Banking/Finance1 Comment
02 March 2010
Congress has done it again. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”), which became effective last year, prohibits discrimination against employees and job applicants on the basis of “genetic information”. This FAQ will familiarize you with the many obligations GINA imposes on employers. Q. Which Employers/Employing Entities Are Subject To GINA? A. Any private employer who [...]
Posted in Government/Politics, Law/Courts, Small Business1 Comment
02 March 2010
Anyone who walks down Brand Boulevard in Downtown Glendale can’t miss The Americana. The trolley tracks. The tall buildings. The high end shops reminiscent of The Grove.However, just a few short feet away all over the downtown area a variety of much smaller businesses, both in physical height and comparative size provide a stark contrast. [...]
Posted in Real Estate, Small Business8 Comments
02 March 2010
Mark Twain was famously quoted as saying,“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” CEO Tama Holve of Willett Travel in Studio City has adapted this quote when she teaches her five students at the Willett Travel Academy, a small class she teaches to future agents making career switches if they give her a [...]
Posted in Small Business, Tourism2 Comments
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